MISSIONARY  EDUCATION 


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CHURCH  EFFICIENCY 


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MISSIONARY  EDUCATION 


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CHURCH  EFFICIENCY 


REPORT 
of  the 

Missionary  Education  Movement 
of  the 

United  States  and  Canada 
December  1,  1912,  to  November  30,  1913 

By 

Harry  Wade  Hicks 

General  Secretary 


New  York 

Missionary  Education  Movement 
of  the 

United  States  and  Canada 


1914 


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Annual  Report 

of  the 

MISSIONARY  EDUCATION  MOVEMENT  FOR  THE 

FISCAL  YEAR  ENDING  NOVEMBER  30,  1913 

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MISSIONARY  EDUCATION  AND  CHURCH 
EFFICIENCY 

Correlation  and  Unified  Program.  The  most  striking 
features  of  the  work  of  the  Missionary  Education  Move- 
ment during  the  year  1912-13  were  all  related  to  the 
effort  to  secure  unity  in  the  plans  of  missionary  educa- 
tion in  the  local  church,  and  cooperation  between  the 
administrative  agencies  in  carrying  the  unified  plans 
into  effect.  The  objective  of  a unified  plan  of  missionary 
study,  prayer,  giving,  and  service  has  been  constantly  in 
the  view  of  the  secretaries  and  committees  of  the  Move- 
ment during  the  last  five  years.  Each  year  of  work  has 
brought  the  ideal  nearer.  The  large  measure  of  achieve- 
ment during  the  year  1912-13  has  been  due  to  a growing 
recognition  among  local  church  leaders,  administrators 
of  Mission  Boards,  and  other  leaders  of  religious  educa- 
tion that  efficiency  in  religious  instruction  and  training 
in  the  local  church  requires  thorough  correlation  of  all 
the  activities  so  as  to  utilize  the  good  of  all,  avoid  over- 
lapping and  competition,  and  make  the  resulting  scheme 
of  religious  education  reach  all  the  members  of  the  par- 
ish. When  this  objective  of  a unified  program  of  relig- 
ious education  is  realized,  as  it  soon  will  be,  there  will  be 
a new  Church  efficiency. 

Missions  the  Expressional  Life  of  the  Church.  The 

place  of  missionary  education  in  this  unified  program 

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of  study,  prayer,  giving,  and  service  is  central.  Missions 
is  the  primary  business  of  the  Church.  Missions  is  the 
Church  at  work.  A knowledge  of  missions  is  essential  to 
prayer,  giving,  and  service.  The  expressional  life  of  the 
Church  is  primarily  its  missionary  life.  This  is  true  for 
old  and  young  alike.  For  this  reason  ministers  and 
other  leaders  in  the  development  of  efficient  methods  of 
religious  training  are  recognizing  the  importance  of 
bringing  all  members  of  the  local  parish  under  uninter- 
rupted missionary  instruction  through  a graded  curricu- 
lum comprehending  the  needs  of  all.  They  also  are  rec- 
ognizing increasingly  the  educational  value  of  giving  and 
service. 

Growing  Unity  of  Ideal.  It  is  gratifying  to  note  that 
not  only  are  the  Mission  Boards  recognizing  the  neces- 
sity and  practicability  of  a unified  missionary  program 
for  the  local  church,  but  that  the  Sunday-school  and 
young  people’s  organizations  are  studying  the  problem 
of  the  correlation  of  their  work,  and,  with  the  missionary 
organizations,  are  seeking  to  bring  about  unity  of  ideal 
and  effort  in  the  local  church  for  the  sake  of  efficiency. 

The  Movement  Leads  toward  Church  Efficiency. 
The  Missionary  Education  Movement  has  the  sole  pur- 
pose of  assisting  the  existing  religious  agencies  to  incor- 
porate missionary  training  and  service  in  their  usual 
schemes  of  activity  in  such  a way  as  to  secure  the  high- 
est degree  of  missionary  efficiency  in  the  local  church. 
In  its  effort  to  accomplish  this  purpose  it  will  continue  to 
serve  the  churches  through  cooperation  with  the  Mission 
Boards,  and  in  special  conference  and  association  with 
the  leaders  of  interdenominational  religious  agencies. 
The  progress  described  in  this  report  will  emphasize  the 
truth  of  the  assertion  that  Church  efficiency  is  to  be 
gained  largely  through  a proper  recognition  of  the  far- 
reaching  influence  of  a unified  and  continuous  program 
of  missionary  instruction,  prayer,  giving,  and  service. 
The  primary  aims  of  this  Movement  are  to  develop  such 
a program  and  secure  its  universal  adoption. 

ADULT  MISSIONARY  EDUCATION 

The  Problem  of  Trained  Mission  Leaders.  Organ- 
ized mission  study  and  missionary  instruction  have 
gained  large  headway  chiefly  among  adults.  While  much 
attention  is  now  being  given  to  literature  and  methods 

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for  the  younger  grades,  mission  study  for  adults  will  for 
some  time  receive  more  attention  than  any  other  grade 
in  most  local  churches.  And  yet  but  few  churches,  rela- 
tively, and  few  adult  members  in  these,  are  engaged  an- 
nually in  careful  study  of  the  work,  achievements,  and 
problems  of  missions.  This  is  true  because  most 
churches  have  no  leader  trained  and  willing  to  become 
the  organizer  and  teacher  of  classes,  and  because  the 
vast  majority  of  churches  as  yet  make  no  pretense  of 
having  a comprehensive  scheme  of  missionary  instruc- 
tion as  an  integral  part  of  the  work  of  each  year. 

Extension  Method  Needed.  In  order  to  meet  this 
need  which  is  practically  universal  throughout  the 
churches  of  North  America,  summer  schools  were  es- 
tablished, and  are  now  maintained.  But  notwithstand- 
ing the  success  of  these  training  schools  in  producing 
leaders  of  faith  and  skill,  they  touch  comparatively  few 
of  the  churches  of  Canada  and  the  United  States.  It 
remains,  therefore,  for  the  Boards  and  the  different  inter- 
denominational missionary  agencies  to  devise  some  ex- 
tension method  of  training  by  which  workers  in  a larger 
number  of  communities  may  receive  such  instruction 
that,  in  their  local  churches,  they  may  lead  in  the  estab- 
lishment and  regular  maintenance  of  mission  study. 

Skilled  Trainers  a New  Advance  Step.  The  best 
method  known  for  accomplishing  this  result  is  the  nor- 
mal class,  or  in  some  instances  a series  of  lectures.  The 
missionary  leaders  of  a multiplying  number  of  cities, 
large  and  small,  are  seeking  skilled  leadership  of  such 
classes.  Probably  a staff  of  a dozen  teachers  could  be 
used  regularly  in  such  work  if  they  were  available.  To 
make  possible  the  organization  of  such  service  the  Move- 
ment needs  a specially  qualified  secretary  for  adult  work 
through  whom  other  normal  teachers  may  be  trained 
and  the  needs  of  the  communities  seeking  the  help  of  a 
trainer  met.  Next  to  the  need  of  a secretary  for  work 
among  boys  and  young  men  this  is  the  most  important 
secretarial  post  to  be  filled. 

THE  SECONDARY  AGES 

Unoccupied  Field  in  Intermediate  and  Junior  Grades. 

In  the  missionary  cultivation  of  the  intermediate  and 
senior  ages,  constituting  the  grades  between  the  junior 
and  adult,  is  to  be  found  the  chief  unoccupied  field  of 

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missionary  education.  This  is  the  period  when  organi- 
zations flourish.  It  is  the  period  when  life-work  ques- 
tions first  press  for  decision,  and  when  habits  of  giving 
are  likely  to  be  formed.  The  existence  of  the  Boy  Scouts, 
the  Camp  Fire  Girls,  Knights  of  King  Arthur,  Queens  of 
Avalon,  organized  Bible  classes,  and  young  people's  so- 
cieties under  various  names,  is  explained  by  the  recogni- 
tion of  special  and  varying  interests  and  needs  among 
boys  and  girls  and  young  people.  The  middle  of  this 
period  is  the  time  when  so  many  of  the  young  of  the 
churches  leave  the  Sunday-school.  It  is  also  the  period 
when  religious  impression  and  decision  are  most  likely 
to  be  made,  and  when  more  decide  to  make  their  Chris- 
tian profession  than  at  any  other  age.  Whatever  may  be 
the  other  weak  links  in  the  chain  of  missionary  educa- 
tion, during  the  periods  of  these  two  grades  the  links 
need  to  be  strong. 

These  Young  People  Constitute  an  Appeal.  The 

existence  of  the  Sunday-school  and  the  young  people's 
society  makes  effort  for  missionary  instruction  of  these 
ages  relatively  easy,  provided  material  and  methods 
suited  to  their  uses  are  available,  and  provided  means 
of  training  leaders  are  widely  extended.  It  seems  proba- 
ble that  by  indirect  means  at  least,  the  enthusiasm  of 
boys  and  girls  now  finding  expression  in  many  organi- 
zations not  under  religious  control  can  be  utilized  in 
wavs  favorable  to  the  cultivation  of  a true  missionary 
spirit.  In  some  of  the  Provinces  of  Canada  much  has 
been  done  through  groups  of  boys  and  girls  in  public 
and  private  schools.  The  Movement  therefore  looks  for- 


New  Books  for  Boys  and  Girls  13  to  16  years  of  ase 

ward  to  the  day  when  it  can  provide  secretaries  for  the 
intermediate  and  senior  ages,  one  for  girls  and  young 
women,  and  another  for  boys  and  young  men.  Through 
such  leaders  the  gaps  in  the  curriculum  of  missionary 
instruction  could  be  filled  up  speedily,  and  the  general 

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scheme  of  religious  education  for  these  important  ages 
greatly  strengthened  by  the  introduction  of  the  mate- 
rials, methods,  activities,  and  service  related  to  Christian 
Missions.  It  is  believed  that  missionary  education 
through  study  and  service  will  be  a primary  factor  in  the 
effort  to  hold  boys  and  girls  of  these  ages  in  active  touch 
with  the  church  and  to  develop  their  Christian  character. 
A vast  number  of  religious  leaders  are  eagerly  awaiting 
help,  or  are  susceptible  to  guidance  on  all  missionary 
matters  affecting  the  religious  education  of  these  two 
most  important  groups  of  young  people. 

CHILDREN’S  WORK 

Children’s  Secretary — Story  Writer’s  Class — Maga- 
zine. The  Board  of  Managers  at  its  meeting  on  January 
14,  1913,  assigned  Miss  Susan  Mendenhall  to  work  for 
children.  A small  advisory  committee  of  leaders  who 
have  made  a special  study  of  religious  and  other  forms  of 
education  among  children  was  chosen  to  advise  in  the 
development  of  methods  and  literature  for  missionary 
training  for  this  age  period.  A class  for  the  training  of 
story  writers  was  organized  at  Columbia  University  un- 
der Miss  Mendenhall’s  leadership,  to  continue  through- 
out the  college  year  of  1913-14.  Its  members  are  all  re- 
ligious workers  who  have  regular  responsibility  for  some 
form  of  missionary  or  other  religious  work  among  the 
young.  Professor  Walter  B.  Pitkin  of  the  School  of 
Journalism  of  Columbia  University,  the  instructor  of 
this  class,  also  accepted  election  as  Chairman  of  the 
Everyland  Advisory  Board.  Thus  the  editorial  work  on 
Everylcind,  the  training  of  writers  of  missionary  stories, 
and  the  development  of  general  educational  plans  for 
children  were  closely  related. 

New  Material  for  Children.  The  material  for  use  by 
children  and  children’s  leaders  in  the  different  programs 
of  missionary  education  as  outlined  elsewhere  in  this 
report  was  prepared  under  the  supervision  of  the  Chil- 
dren’s Work  Secretary.  These  were  “Just  Plain  Peter” 
(the  immigration  play),  “Immigration  Picture  Stories,” 
and  “Old  Country  Hero  Stories.”  The  books  for  a new 
juvenile  library  have  been  selected.  A careful  review  of 
Christian  literature  for  children  has  been  made,  and  ex- 
hibit material  illustrating  missionary  methods  and  activi- 
ties for  children  prepared  for  use  in  institutes  and  con- 
ventions. 


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LIVINGSTONE  CENTENARY 


Extent  of  the  Observance.  The  centenary  celebra- 
tion during  the  spring  of  1913  of  Livingstone’s  birth 
(March  19,  1813)  was  notable  be- 
cause it  was  made  the  occasion  by 
the  churches  of  Great  Britain, 
Canada,  the  United  States,  and 
other  English-speaking  sections  of 
the  world  of  a comprehensive  and 
successful  missionary  educational 
awakening.  In  North  America  the 
effort  covered  the  period  from 
January  1 to  May  1,  1913.  A spe- 
cial committee  was  appointed  on 
January  12,  1912,  by  the  Foreign 
Missions  Conference,  at  the  re- 
David  Livingstone  quest  of  the  Missionary  Educa- 
tion Movement.  This  committee  outlined  the  plan. 
The  Movement  acted  as  the  executive  of  this  committee. 
Seventeen  Mission  Boards  entered  fully  into  the  plan 
and  nine  others  participated  partially.  The  Interna- 
tional Sunday  School  Association  and  the  United  So- 
ciety of  Christian  Endeavor  both  cooperated  in  publish- 
ing and  distributing  announcements  and  enlisting  their 
state  and  district  workers  as  promoters  of  the  scheme. 
The  denominational  missionary  magazines,  Sunday- 
school  and  young  people’s  periodicals,  general  religious 
periodicals,  secular  magazines,  and  daily  and  weekly 
newspapers  were  furnished  cuts  and  articles,  with  the 
result  that  unusual  publicity  was  given  to  the  centen- 
ary celebration  and  its  missionary  significance. 

Some  of  the  Agencies.  An  edition  of  135,000  of  a 
special  illustrated  centenary  announcement  was  distrib- 
uted. Public  libraries,  Young  Men’s  and  Young  Wom- 
en’s Christian  Associations,  and  colleges,  universities  and 
theological  seminaries  responded  generously  to  the  invi- 
tation to  share  in  the  celebration.  An  illustrated  lecture 
on  the  life  of  Livingstone,  now  available,  was  used  200 
times,  and  11,686  lithograph  portraits  and  500  high-grade 
enlarged  photographs  for  framing  were  sold  to  decorate 
walls  of  homes,  and  rooms  used  for  religious  purposes. 

Summary  of  the  Literature.  A special  biography  en- 
titled Livingstone  the  Pathfinder  by  Basil  Mathews,  was 
published  for  boys  and  girls  in  editions  amounting  to 

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16,400  copies  while  8,635  copies  of  three  other  biogra- 
phies were  sold.  The  total  number  of  pieces  of  literature 
issued  and  distributed  by  the  Movement  in  connection 
with  the  centenary  was  1,230,960. 

Results  of  the  Livingstone  Centenary.  The  last 
paragraph  of  the  special  report  on  the  celebration 
summarizes  well  the  result  of  the  effort.  “Judged 
by  the  evidence  gathered  through  interviews,  it  may 
safely  be  stated  that  the  Livingstone  Centenary 
was  the  greatest  campaign  of  missionary  publicity  ever 
undertaken  by  the  North  American  Mission  Boards.  In 
some  denominations  a financial  campaign  was  a part  of 
the  celebration,  with  most  satisfactory  results.  The 
greatest  result,  however,  was  the  deepening  of  the  spir- 
itual life  and  missionary  purpose  of  the  Church  through 
a renewed  acquaintance  with  the  facts  of  Livingstone’s 
life.  It  was  not  a campaign  for  Africa  but  for  the  re- 
dedication of  the  life  of  every  Christian  to  the  supreme 
task  of  the  evangelization  of  the  world.” 

NEW  AMERICANS  FOR  A NEW  AMERICA 

Interest  Focused  on  Immigrants.  The  educational 
program  of  the  autumn  of  1913  beginning  on  September 
1 and  closing  on  December  31  had  as  its  subject  “New 
x\mericans  for  a New  America.”  These  months  there- 
fore were  used  primarily  for  the  study  of  immigration 
under  the  leadership  of  the  general  and  Woman’s  Home 
Mission  Boards,  with  the  executive  leadership  of  the 
Missionary  Education  Movement.  Twenty-four  boards 
adopted  and  used  the  plans.  The  International  Sunday 
School  Association  through  its  Missionary  Department, 
led  by  the  Rev.  William  A.  Brown,  its  Missionary  Super- 
intendent, cooperated  fully  and  effectively,  especially  in 
the  distribution  among  Sunday-school  leaders  of  the  an- 
nouncements, and  in  enlistment  of  the  State  Sunday 
School  Associations  and  through  their  officers  the  lead- 
ers and  organizations  of  the  County  Associations. 

Scope  of  the  Campaign.  The  Home  Missions  Coun- 
cil and  the  Council  of  Women  for  Home  Missions  both 
appointed  committees  which  when  merged  composed 
the  special  committee  to  develop  and  supervise  the 
united  activities.  A secretary  of  the  Movement  dur- 
ing May  and  June  visited  the  offices  of  practically  all 
the  Home  Mission  Boards  to  present  the  plans  and  aid 

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the  Boards  in  determining  upon  their  denominational 
activities.  Eighteen  different  denominational  agencies 
took  imprint  editions  of  the  announcement,  whose 
total  circulation  reached  the  number  of  188,150 
copies.  Thirty-three  different  publications  were 
issued  by  the  Movement  for  use  in  the  churches 
in  connection  with  this  immigration  program 
of  study  and  service.  The  adult  text-book,  Immigrant 
Forces , by  William  P.  Shriver,  had  a sale  of  29,316  copies 
up  to  November  30,  1913.  Fifteen  sets  of  a lecture, 
“The  Foreigner  in  America/’  were  prepared  and  offered 
for  rental  in  various  sections  of  the  country.  The  most 
important  other  items  were  suggestions  to  pastors  for 
sermons,  outlines  for  missionary  prayer-meetings,  sev- 
eral leaflets  for  free  distribution  in  churches,  a series  of 
four  pamphlets  dealing  with  different  nationalities  in  the 
United  States,  the  missionary  play  entitled  “Just  Plain 
Peter,”  and  a collection  of  pictures  with  stories  for  chil- 
dren of  the  junior  age.  A new  type  of  missionary  publi- 
cation was  a Thanksgiving  Cantata  entitled  “Our  Coun- 
try for  All,”  with  special  order  of  service,  for  use  by 
churches  and  choirs  in  connection  with  the  customary 
Thanksgiving  Day  service.  This  was  composed  by  Mr. 
Bruno  Huhn,  with  words  and  order  of  service  arranged 
by  Miss  Mason.  The  Council  of  Women  for  Home 
Missions  also  issued  thirteen  books,  pamphlets,  and  leaf- 
lets for  special  use  by  woman’s  missionary  societies. 

THE  NEW  ERA  IN  FOREIGN  MISSIONS 

Foreign  Missions  Campaign  and  New  Literature. 

The  primary  theme  for  missionary  education  during  the 
winter  and  spring  of  1914  is  to  be  “The  New  Era  in 
Foreign  Missions,”  thus  balancing  the  study  of  immigra- 
tion during  the  autumn  of  1913.  As  in  the  case  of  the 
immigration  campaign,  so  for  this,  a special  committee 
representing  the  Foreign  Mission  Boards  has  been  organ- 
ized, and  special  literature  prepared.  The  leading  adult 
books  recommended  are  The  New  Era  in  Asia , by  Sher- 
wood Eddy*;  The  Emergency  in  China,  by  F.  L.  Hawks  Pott; 
and  Mexico  To-Day,  by  George  B.  Winton.  Leaflet  and 
pamphlet  literature  containing  notes  on  sermons  for  pas- 
tors, programs  for  the  Sunday-school,  young  people’s  so- 
ciety, and  church  prayer-meetings  has  been  issued.  An 
attractive  and  comprehensive  illustrated  announcement 

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in  colors  has  already  been  widely  distributed.  This  sub- 
ject was  also  adopted  by  the  United  Missionary  Cam- 
paign for  the  conferences  held  to  date  or  to  be  held  dur- 
ing this  winter.  Thirteen  sets  of  a stereopticon  lecture 
illustrating  the  subject  of  the  new  era  were  prepared  and 
offered  for  rental  in  various  cities  in  the  United  States. 

UNITED  MISSIONARY  CAMPAIGN 

Services  of  the  Movement  in  the  Campaign.  The 

Missionary  Education  Movement  participated  in  the 
United  Missionary  Campaign,  organized  by  the  Home 
and  Foreign  Mission  Boards,  by  recommending  the  edu- 
cational features,  preparing  twenty  mounted  exhibits  in 
special  exhibit  trunks  for  use  by  the  teams  of  workers  in 
the  conferences,  and  shipping  the  literature  to  each  con- 
ference town,  besides  filling  individual  orders  forwarded 
by  the  teams  to  the  office  of  the  Movement.  The  secre- 
taries of  the  Movement  acted  also  as  members  of  teams 
in  conducting  conferences. 

EDUCATIONAL  PROGRAM  FOR  1914-15 

Next  United  Program.  The  general  cooperation  of 
the  Foreign  Mission  Boards  in  the  “Livingstone  Centen- 
ary^ campaign,  and  “The  New  Era  in  Foreign  Mis- 
sions/’ and  the  Home  Mission  Boards  in  the  pro- 
gram of  study  and  service  in  connection  with  the  subject, 
“New  Americans  for  a New  America,”  prepared  the  way 
for  an  agreement  for  a united  program  for  1914-15  to  be 
observed  by  all  the  general  and  woman’s  Boards  of 
Home  and  Foreign  Missions.  The  subject  will  be  “The 
Social  Force  of  Christian  Missions.”  The  slogan  adopted 
is  “Christ  for  every  life  and  all  of  life.”  The  period  to  be 
covered  by  the  plan  will  be  from  September  1,  1914,  to 
June  1,  1915. 

Enlarged  Unified  Action.  The  plans  for  this  united 
program  are  being  formed  by  a committee  of  twenty- 
eight  members,  seven  having  been  appointed  officially 
by  each  of  the  following  agencies:  the  Foreign  Missions 
Conference,  the  Home  Missions  Council,  the  Federation 
of  Woman’s  Boards  of  Foreign  Missions,  and  the  Coun- 
cil of  Women  for  Home  Missions.  The  Missionary  Edu- 
cation Movement  will  act  as  the  executive  agent  of  this 
large  committee.  A printed  announcement  for  use  by  all 

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the  agencies,  presenting  the  plans  for  use  in  the  churches 
as  recommended  by  these  agencies,  will  be  issued  for 
common  use. 

New  Stage  of  Development.  The  agreement  of  these 
federative  organizations  representing  all  the  mission 
boards  to  enter  into  cooperation  in  planning  and  exe- 
cuting this  united  program  marks  a new  and  most  hope- 
ful stage  of  development  in  the  effort  to  unify  the  work 
of  the  administrative  agencies  on  the  one  hand,  and  the 
missionary  activities  in  the  local  church  on  the  other. 

EDUCATIONAL  PROGRAM  FOR  1915-16 

Further  Advanced  Year’s  Plan.  By  similar  agree- 
ment a united  program  of  study,  prayer,  giving,  and  serv- 
ice during  1915-16  has  been  projected,  whose  subject  will 
be  “The  Church  at  Its  Task.”  By  adopting  the  plans 
thus  being  outlined,  with  the  educational  material  now 
being  prepared  and  soon  to  be  issued,  the  churches  of 
North  America  will  be  able  to  increase  greatly  the  effi- 
ciency of  their  missionary  activities  and  multiply  many 
fold  the  number  of  people,  both  old  and  young,  definitely 
enrolled  in  the  different  phases  of  missionary  work.  The 
summer  schools  of  missions  will  give  careful  attention 
to  the  training  of  leaders  for  every  phase  of  the  united 
program  for  each  of  the  following  two  years. 

SUMMER  CONFERENCES 

Growth  of  Summer  Training  Centers.  The  keystone 
of  the  arch  in  training  missionary  leaders  is  the  summer 
school  or  conference.  The  Movement  during  1912-13 
held  nine  such  conferences,  six  in  Canada  and  three  in 
the  United  States. 

The  locations  and  attendance  of  the  nine  summer 


conferences  were  as  follows: 

Blue  Ridge,  North  Carolina 186 

Silver  Bay,  New  York 529 

Lake  Geneva,  Wisconsin 304 

Whitby,  Ontario * 287 

Knowlton,  Quebec 83 

Wolfville,  ‘Nova  Scotia 59 

Brandon,  Manitoba 35 

Saskatoon,  Saskatchewan 35 

Edmonton,  Alberta 104 

Total  attendance 1,622 


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Summer  Conference  Group 

The  conferences  at  Brandon,  Saskatoon,  and  Edmon- 
ton were  the  first  organized  in  these  regions.  New  con- 
ferences will  be  held  at  New  Campbellton  in  Cape 
Breton;  Estes  Park,  Colorado,  and  Asilomar,  California. 

Movement’s  Wider  Cooperation.  The  Movement 
also  cooperates  with  the  leaders  of  other  interdenomina- 
tional and  denominational  summer  schools,  by  furnish- 
ing leaders  and  speakers,  and  by  counsel  in  preparation 
of  programs. 

Conferences  as  Aids  to  United  Programs.  In  addi- 
tion to  a broad  general  training  in  missionary  education 
through  normal  classes,  open  parliaments,  instruction 
in  graded  missionary  teaching,  addresses,  life-work  con- 
ferences, and  demonstrations  and  denominational  meet- 
ings, all  of  these  conferences  presented  in  detail  the  plans 
for  missionary  education  for  the  year  1913-14,  including 
the  programs  on  '‘New  Americans  for  a New  America” 
and  '‘The  New  Era  in  Foreign  Missions.”  A similar  pro- 
vision will  be  made  at  the  twelve  summer  schools  of  1914 
in  the  interest  of  the  united  educational  program  on 
"The  Social  Force  of  Christian  Missions.”  In  order  to 
train  a larger  number  of  leaders,  and  provide  for  a fair 
distribution  throughout  North  America,  still  other  new 
conferences  are  needed  for  the  North  Pacific  States,  the 
Southwest,  the  .lower  Mississippi  region,  and  a point 

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midway  between  Silver  Bay,  New  York,  and  Lake 
Geneva,  Wisconsin.  The  active  cooperation  of  leaders 
of  all  religious  agencies  is  earnestly  invited  by  the  Mis- 
sion Boards  and  the  Movement  in  the  effort  still  further 
to  increase  the  attendance,  elevate  the  standard  of  train- 
ing, and  multiply  the  spiritual  power  of  these  summer 
conferences. 

MISSIONARY  EXHIBITS 

Launching  Exhibit  Work.  Beginning  with  January 
i,  1913,  the  Movement  adopted  the  policy  of  preparing 
material  and  literature  for  small  exhibits.  On  June  1 
the  first  steps  under  the  new  policy  were  taken  when 
Messrs.  Harold  and  De  Mott  were  employed  to  take 
charge  of  the  work.  All  the  exhibit  material  owned  by 
the  Missionary  Exposition  Company  suited  for  use  in 
small  exhibits  was  arranged  in  sets,  listed,  described, 
and  cataloged.  This  included  over  200  costumes,  a large 
number  of  curios,  and  decorative  objects  illustrating  for- 
eign customs,  arts,  industries,  and  worship.  Some  new 
curios  and  costumes  have  been  purchased.  Small  sets  of 
scenery  and  other  furnishings  were  also  prepared  for 
rental. 


Set  of  China  Scenery  for  Local  Church  Expositions 
Showing  demonstration  of  worship  at  a Buddhist  Temple 


Exhibit  Catalog  and  Plans  of  Service.  Two  sets  of 
China  exhibit  material  have  recently  been  assembled  and 
prepared  for  rental.  In  like  manner  three  immigration 

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exhibits  have  been  made  available.  "The  Immigrant 
Gateway/’  a demonstration  illustrating  the  admission  of 
immigrants  into  the  United  States  at  Ellis  Island,  was 
written  by  the  Rev.  Reuben  L.  Breed  and  printed  by  the 
Movement.  A complete  catalog  of  all  exhibit  material 
now  controlled  by  the  Movement,  with  descriptions, 
prices,  and  a list  of  related  educational  literature,  will  be 
ready  for  distribution  about  March  30.  The  Movement 
is  now  for  the  first  time  prepared  to  assist  any  local 
church,  or  group  of  churches,  in  developing  the  mission- 
ary spirit  and  activities  of  their  members  by  the  use  of 
exhibits  and  dramatic  activities  illustrating  the  work  of 
Christian  missions  and  the  life  of  the  peoples  for  whom 
the  Church  is  at  work. 

Demonstrations  at  Conferences.  Missionary  demon- 
strations with  which  exhibit  and  dramatic  educational 
material  was  used  were  given  during  the  1913  summer 
conferences  of  the  Movement  at  Silver  Bay,  Blue  Ridge, 
and  Lake  Geneva,  and  also  at  Mt.  Gretna  in  connection 
with  the  Missionary  Conference  of  the  Reformed  Church 
in  the  United  States. 

Keynotes  of  Exhibit  Progress.  The  demand  is  stead- 
ily increasing  for  exhibit  material,  and  educational  litera- 
ture in  the  form  of  plays,  demonstrations,  and  music 
specially  suited  for  use  by  a variable  number  of  stewards 
or  participants.  Gifts  of  costumes  and  curios  or  other 
decorative  material  illustrating  life  in  any  country  will 
be  welcomed  by  the  Movement.  Missionary  workers 
are  also  requested  to  inform  the  Movement  of  the  suc- 
cessful use  of  exhibit  material,  and  of  the  existence  of 
good  missionary  demonstrations  and  plays.  The  coopera- 
tion of  all  kinds  of  religious  agencies  is  invited  in  spread- 
ing information  concerning  this  phase  of  missionary  edu- 
cation. Attention  is  specially  called  to  "The  Pageant  of 
Darkness  and  Light,”  the  presentation  of  which  the 
Movement  is  prepared  to  aid  in  producing  in  any  city 
having  a sufficient  population. 

STEREOPTICON  LECTURES  AND  PICTURES 

Growth  of  Pictorial  Equipment.  The  pictorial  equip- 
ment of  the  Movement  is  gradually  being  increased  to 
meet  the  multiplying  demand  for  stereopticon  lectures 
and  slides.  This  material  consists  of  51  sets  of  slides  on 
11  subjects;  several  thousand  miscellaneous  slides  ar- 

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ranged  by  countries;  a large  file  containing  approxi- 
mately 10,000  photographs,  mounted,  described,  and  in- 
dexed, from  which  slides  and  half-tones  are  made;  and 
4,500  negatives,  duly  cataloged  and  filed,  for  making 
prints,  slides,  and  enlargements. 

Stereopticon  Lectures.  The  stereopticon  lectures  for 
which  there  are  sets  of  slides  are  as  follows : 

The  New  Era  in  Asia  Adoniram  Judson 

The  Moslem  World  David  Livingstone 

Changing  China  The  Silver  Bay  Conference 

The  Child  Life  of  the  World  The  Lake  Geneva  Conference 
The  Foreigner  in  America  The  Blue  Ridge  Conference 

United  Missionary  Campaign  Charts 

New  Lines.  New  lectures  will  be  prepared  as  the 
needs  of  the  educational  programs  require.  Authoriza- 
tion has  been  given  for  the  preparation  of  two  lectures 
for  use  during  the  year  1914-15,  one  on  “The  Social 
Force  of  Home  Missions,”  and  the  other  on  “The  Social 
Force  of  Foreign  Missions/’ 

Illustrative  Utility  of  this  Department.  This  depart- 
ment serves  as  the  source  of  all  illustrative  material  for 
the  publications  of  the  Movement,  illustrations  for  mis- 
sionary periodicals,  missionary  articles  in  the  religious 
and  general  newspapers  and  magazines,  enlargements 
for  framing,  and  lithographs  for  use  in  the  current  edu- 
cational programs,  such  as  of  Livingstone  and  Judson. 
The  stock  of  prints,  slides,  and  negatives  is  frequently 
consulted  by  representatives  of  Mission  Boards  in  en- 
larging their  supplies  of  pictorial  material. 

Now  Self-Supporting  — Future  Prospects.  The 

department  as  it  is  now  in  operation  is  self-supporting. 
So  steady  is  the  growth  in  demand  for  such  material,  and 
especially  the  sale  of  slides  and  the  rental  of  sets,  that 
the  Movement  should  keep  pace  with  it  in  the  collection 
of  new  negatives  and  prints  and  the  preparation  of  new 
lectures.  It  is  the  purpose  of  the  Movement  to  become 
a clearing-house  of  all  kinds  of  pictorial  material  for  sale 
or  rental  for  all  the  Mission  Boards,  including  home  and 
foreign,  general  and  woman’s,  supplementing  the  de- 
nominational collections,  and  ultimately  supplying  ma- 
terial of  a high-grade  character  for  the  current  maga- 
zines and  the  missionary  news  service  of  the  two 
countries. 


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EVERYLAND 


New  Magazine  for  Boys  and  Girls.  On  Septem- 
ber i,  1913,  the  Movement  concluded  an  impor- 
tant business  and  educational  negotiation  by  taking 
over  from  Mrs.  Lucy  W.  Peabody  of  Beverly,  Mass., 
the  ownership  of  Everyland , a missionary  quarterly  mag- 
azine for  boys  and  girls.  No  other  step  taken  by  the 
Movement  in  the  interest  of  missionary  education  of 
children  promises  as  much  good  as  this. 


Magazine  for  Boys  and  Girls 


Strong  Board  Endorsement.  The  subscription  list  of 
Everyland  on  September  1,  1913,  contained  8,308  names. 
There  is  good  reason  to  expect  that  this  number  will  be 
exceeded  bv  September  1,  1914.  Practically  every  Mis- 
sion Board  in  North  America  has  endorsed  the  maga- 
zine officially  or  through  one  of  its  secretaries  personally. 
Several  Boards  have  offered  club  rates  with  their  denom- 
inational children’s  magazines. 

Active  Cooperation  and  Promotion.  Grateful  ac- 
knowledgment is  here  made  of  the  sympathetic  and  prac- 
tical cooperation  with  the  Movement  of  the  Central  Com- 
mittee on  the  United  Study  of  Missions  (representing 
the  Woman’s  Foreign  Missionary  Societies  of  the  United 
States)  and  the  Council  of  Women  for  Home  Missions, 
both  of  whose  executive  committees  appointed  two  mem- 
bers to  serve  on  the  Everyland  Advisory  Board.  Each 
Committee  also  provided  a financial  guaranty  for  the 
first  year  as  an  aid  to  the  Movement  in  carrying  the 
magazine  until  it  should  come  to  self-support.  With 
such  official  support,  and  with  the  invaluable  counsel  of 
the  leaders  of  the  Woman’s  Boards,  it  is  hoped  that  the 
magazine  may  be  made  self-supporting  within  two  years. 
The  magazine  is  specially  recommended  as  a regular 
source  of  story  material  on  missions,  peace,  and  the  life 
and  customs  of  boys  and  girls  of  every  land.  It  is  be- 

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in g vised  increasingly  in  public  libraries,  in  public 
schools,  as  rewards  in  recognition  of  faithful  attendance 
and  work  in  Sunday-schools  and  mission  bands,  and  as  a 
gift  at  Christmas  and  on  birthdays. 

Strong  Advisory  Board.  The  members  of  the  Every - 
land  Advisory  Board  are  as  follows:  Representing  the 
Central  Committee  on  the  United  Study  of  Missions, 
Mrs.  Lucy  W.  Peabody  and  Mrs.  Frank  Mason  North ; 
representing  the  Council  of  Women  for  Home  Missions, 
Mrs.  Charles  F.  Chase  and  Miss  Mary  Ogden  White ; 
representing  the  Missionary  Education  Movement, 
Messrs.  Morris  W.  Ehnes  and  Ralph  E.  Diffendorfer, 
and  a seventh  member  at  large,  Prof.  Walter  B.  Pitkin, 
of  the  School  of  Journalism  of  Columbia  University. 

THE  INTERNATIONAL  REVIEW  OF  MISSIONS 

Agent  for  the  Review.  The  North  American  agency 
for  The  International  Review  of  Missions , published 
quarterly  by  the  Continuation  Committee  of  the  World 
Missionary  Conference  (Edinburgh,  1910)  has  been  held 
by  the  Movement  from  the  first  date  of  publication.  The 
magazine  is  published  and  mailed  in  Edinburgh,  but  the 
subscriptions  for  the  United  States  are  sent  to 
the  Movement’s  office  at  156  Fifth  Avenue,  New 
York  City.  Single  copies  also  are  furnished,  as  well  as 
the  extra  pamphlets  issued  from  time  to  time  by  the 
Continuation  Committee.  This  journal  stands  as  the 
ablest  exponent  of  the  science  of  missions  and  the  pro- 
motion of  unity  and  cooperation  in  missionary  activity 
the  world  over.  When  it  is  better  known  it  will  no  doubt 
command  a greatly  increased  number  of  subscribers. 

BULLETIN  OF  MISSIONARY  EDUCATION 

New  Channel  of  Information.  The  Movement  will 
hereafter  publish  a bulletin  of  missionary  education  at 
stated  intervals.  This  bulletin  will  contain  announce- 
ments of  future  educational  plans,  including  literature, 
summer  conferences,  institutes,  conferences  for  the  dis- 
cussion of  special  subjects,  stereopticon  lectures,  field 
activities,  news  of  important  educational  work  done  in 
different  parts  of  the  country,  and  other  information  of 
value  to  missionary  leaders  and  workers.  The  Move- 
ment invites  correspondence  reporting  facts  and  plans 
that  may  be  of  value  to  others  if  announced  in  the 
bulletin. 


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MISSIONARY  PRESS  BUREAU 

Possibilities  in  the  Press  Field.  The  early  estab- 
lishment of  a missionary  press  bureau  is  of  urgent  im- 
portance, in  view  of  the  rapid  spread  of  missionary  inter- 
est and  the  willingness  of  newspapers  and  magazines  to 
use  news  of  missionary  significance.  Such  a bureau 
should  serve  the  interests  of  both  home  and  foreign  mis- 
sions. Its  supervision  might  ultimately  be  linked  with 
that  of  the  popular  missionary  journal,  for  the  sources  of 
news,  illustrative  material,  and  articles  are  often  the 
same.  One  staff  of  missionary  correspondents  could 
serve  both.  One  comprehensive  file  of  photographs, 
properly  described  and  cataloged,  would  serve  religious 
and  secular  publications.  A press  bureau  and  magazine 
could  be  related  closely  to  the  growing  picture  depart- 
ment and  reference  library  of  the  Movement,  and  to  its 
editorial  department,  whose  staff  are  now  constantly 
reading  the  current  missionary  literature  and  preparing 
a considerable  amount  of  missionary  news  for  the  press. 

Wide  Connections.  Because  of  its  intimate  connec- 
tion with  the  general  Home  and  Foreign  Mission  Boards 
of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  its  close  cooperative 
relationship  with  the  Home  and  Foreign  Woman's 
Boards,  the  existence  of  its  picture,  editorial,  and  pub- 
lishing departments  with  experienced  secretaries  and 
clerks,  and  its  membership  including  Board  secretaries 
from  practically  all  the  denominations  and  societies,  the 
Missionary  Education  Movement  is  qualified  to  estab- 
lish and  maintain  a permanent  news  bureau  on  missions 
with  the  least  possible  expenditure  of  time  and  money. 

POPULAR  MISSIONARY  JOURNAL 

A Great  Contemplated  Step.  Late  in  1912  a special 
committee  of  the  Foreign  Missions  Conference  appointed 
to  consider  the  feasibility  of  publishing  a popular  month- 
ly missionary  journal,  approached  the  Missionary  Edu- 
cation Movement  to  learn  if  it  could  become  the  pub- 
lisher of  such  a magazine.  The  matter  had  previously 
long  been  considered  by  several  leaders  of  the  Move- 
ment as  a desirable  undertaking  as  a means  of  extending 
missionary  education  on  an  interdenominational  basis 
among  the  host  of  Christian  people  who  cannot  at  pres- 
ent be  expected  to  enroll  in  mission  study  classes  or  gain 
a comprehensive  knowledge  of  missions  at  home  and 

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abroad  by  systematic  reading  of  missionary  books.  It 
was  felt  that  a periodical  thoroughly  modern  in  its  make- 
up and  editorial  character,  highly  illustrated,  full  of  hu- 
man-interest accounts  of  life  among  the  missionaries  and 
the  peoples  of  all  lands  where  Christianity  is  being  estab- 
lished, and  designed  for  the  average  man  and  woman  of 
average  interest  in  the  organized  work  of  the  Church 
would  meet  a long  felt  need,  and  one  not  now  met  by 
any  other  magazine. 

Estimated  Cost.  The  Movement,  after  careful  study 
of  the  requirements  of  such  an  endeavor,  estimated  that 
a minimum  annual  budget  of  $7,500  would  be  required 
for  current  expenses,  and  that  to  provide  well  for  all 
phases  of  the  work  involved,  including  the  collection  of 
news  and  pictures  through  selected  correspondents  in 
the  many  fields  would  require  a total  of  $10,000  a year. 
This  money  the  Movement  was  not  then  in  a position 
to  appropriate,  because  of  other  lines  of  educational  work 
already  undertaken  for  which  at  that  time  funds  had  not 
fully  been  subscribed.  Furthermore  an  additional  fund 
to  be  used  as  capital  was  considered  desirable. 

Question  Held  Open.  It  was  therefore  necessary  to 
report  to  the  magazine  committee  of  the  Foreign  Mis- 
sions Conference,  immediately  before  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  Conference  in  January,  1914,  that  because  of  lack 
of  funds  the  Movement  could  not  now  undertake  the 
work,  but  that  the  question  would  be  kept  before  the 
Board  of  Managers,  and  the  matter  taken  up  again  as 
soon  as  satisfactory  financial  conditions  should  exist  and 
the  claims  of  other  parts  of  the  Movement's  work  permit. 
Such  a journal  should  rank  favorably,  in  appearance,  lit- 
erary style,  and  illustrative  material,  with  the  best  cur- 
rent monthly  magazines.  It  should,  if  possible,  command 
the  very  best  journalistic  talent  on  its  staff.  Its  publica- 
tion and  current  treatment  of  the  vital  issues  of  life 
among  the  many  races  and  nations  of  the  earth,  genuine 
interpretation  of  their  spiritual  needs,  and  representation 
of  the  progress  of  the  Christian  religion  among  them, 
form  unquestionably  one  of  the  most  important  educa- 
tional opportunities  ever  offered  to  this  Movement.  The 
Movement  therefore  looks  forward  to  the  day  when  the 
removal  of  the  financial  obstacle  may  make  possible  this 
means  of  fostering  unity  and  cooperative  effort  among 
all  parts  of  the  Christian  Church. 

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ANNUAL  MISSIONARY  DINNER 


An  Agency  of  Fellowship  and  Unity.  During  Janu- 
ary of  1912  the  Movement  organized  a missionary  ban- 
quet on  the  evening  before  the  opening  of  the  Foreign 
Missions  Conference  of  North  America,  to  which  was 
invited  the  secretaries,  members  of  executive  committees 
and  boards,  and  many  other  friends  of  the  Home  and 
Foreign  Mission  Boards  of  North  America.  The  pur- 
pose of  this  dinner  was  to  bring  the  leaders  of  the  mis- 
sionary enterprises  into  social  fellowship,  to  discuss  the 
most  pressing  missionary  problems  of  the  time,  and  to 
foster  the  spirit  of  unity  and  the  practise  of  cooperation 
between  Mission  Boards,  their  missions  at  home  and 
abroad,  and  the  religious  denominations  these  missions 
are  appointed  to  serve.  The  theme  of  the  1912  dinner 
was  “Missions  and  Christian  Unity.”  The  attendance 
was  350. 

Second  Occasion.  The  second  dinner  was  held  on 
January  14,  1913,  at  the  Hotel  Astor  with  an  attendance 
of  483.  The  theme  was  “A  World  Program  of  Missions/’ 
The  speakers  were  the  Rev.  Canon  Cody,  of  Toronto ; 
the  Rev.  Charles  L.  Thompson,  representing  the  Home 
Missions  Council  of  the  United  States ; Dean  Shailer 
Mathews,  of  the  University  of  Chicago ; the  Rev.  C.  H. 
Patton,  representing  the  Foreign  Missions  Conference, 
and  Mr.  Robert  E.  Speer. 

Can  Foster  Further  Getting  Together.  A Dinner 

Committee  of  well-known  Board  secretaries  and  laymen 
was  organized  to  make  the  necessary  arrangements  for 
both  of  these  dinners.  The  value  of  this  occasion  an- 
nually as  a unifying  force  has  been  so  well  demonstrated 
that  it  seems  reasonable  to  consider  it  a permanent  fea- 
ture of  the  January  meetings  of  the  Foreign  Missions 
Conference  and  the  Home  Missions  Council.  Moreover, 
the  intimate  relationship  of  the  Missionary  Education 
Movement  to  the  Mission  Boards,  and  the  fact  that  its 
annual  meeting  is  always  held  on  the  day  before  the  an- 
nual meetings  of  the  two  other  agencies  make  it  appro- 
priate that  the  Movement  should  render  service  by 
assuming  executive  responsibility  for  the  dinner.  The 
attention  of  the  Board  is  called  to  the  advisability,  if 
possible,  of  inviting  the  Council  of  Women  for  Home 
Missions  and  the  Federation  of  Woman’s  Boards  of  For- 
eign Missions  of  the  United  States  to  hold  their  annual 

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meetings  simultaneously  with  these  already  arranged 
for  this  week,  that  the  organized  missionary  forces  may 
all  be  brought  together  at  one  time  and  place,  for  the 
good  of  all. 

COOPERATION  WITH  WOMAN'S  BOARDS 

Gratifying  Responsiveness.  The  Movement  has  prof- 
ited throughout  the  year  by  an  increasingly  intimate  and 
effective  working  relationship  with  the  Central  Commit- 
tee on  the  United  Study  of  Missions,  the  Federation  of 
Roman’s  Boards  of  Foreign  Missions,  and  the  Council 
of  Women  for  Home  Missions.  The  officers  and  com- 
mittees of  these  important  federative  agencies  have  en- 
tered heartily  into  cooperation  with  the  Movement  in 
many  ways,  as  described  elsewhere  in  this  report.  The 
Movement  believes  that  even  greater  cooperation  is  pos- 
sible in  the  future,  in  the  common  effort  to  develop  the 
missionary  efficiency  of  the  churches  of  North  America, 
and  it  desires  to  reciprocate  the  cordial  spirit  manifested 
by  the  representatives  of  the  Woman's  Boards,  and  to 
correlate  still  further  its  educational  plans  and  activities 
with  those  of  these  three  agencies  binding  together  the 
Woman's  Home  and  Foreign  Missionary  Societies. 

FOREIGN  WORK 

Aiding  Missionary  Education  in  India.  The  Move- 
ment for  three  years  has  made  a grant  of  $100  a month  in 
support  of  the  United  Council  for  Work  among  Young 
People  in  India.  A similar  though  smaller  grant  has 
been  made  for  the  same  purpose  by  the  United  Council 
for  Missionary  Education  in  Great  Britain.  These  grants 
have  made  possible  the  employment  of  one  third  of  the 
time  of  the  Rev.  B.  T.  Badley  of  Lucknow  as  general 
secretary  of  the  United  Council  in  India.  The  United 
Council  federates  many  leading  North  American,  British, 
and  other  missions  in  India  in  the  promotion  of  mission- 
ary education  and  Bible  study  among  the  missions  and 
churches  of  India,  through  a representative  and  influen- 
tial committee  of  management  composed  of  missionaries. 
A number  of  pamphlet  and  text-book  publications  have 
been  issued,  some  being  translations,  and  others  having 
been  prepared  specially  for  use  in  India.  Through  the 
service  of  Secretary  Badley  and  the  chairman  of  the  Mis- 

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sion  Study  Committee,  Mr.  George  S.  Ingram,  and  the 
voluntary  effort  of  other  prominent  members  of  the 
United  Council,  wide  publicity  has  been  given  to  the  lit- 
erature and  plans.  A genuine  progressive  educational 
program  has  been  outlined  and  maintained.  Publication 
in  different  vernaculars  has  been  undertaken. 

Need  in  that  Field.  While  the  Movement  has  been 
able  to  continue  its  grant,  it  is  the  judgment  of  the 
United  Council  in  India  that  a full  time  secretary,  with 
a corresponding  budget,  should  be  provided.  This  would 
require  a minimum  sum  of  Rs.  7,100,  or  $2,700.  The 
United  Council,  if  adequately  supported  financially,  will 
occupy  a position  in  relation  to  the  promotion  of  mission- 
ary education  and  Christian  unity  similar  to  that  of  the 
Missionary  Education  Movement  in  North  America. 

THE  MOVEMENT  IN  CANADA 

Distinct  and  Cooperative  Activities.  The  Canadian 
Council  of  the  Movement  is  composed  of  the  members  of 
the  Board  of  Managers  resident  in  Canada,  and  others 
chosen  from  among  the  friends  and  members  of  the  Ca- 
nadian Mission  Boards.  The  budget  for  the  Canadian 
work  is  pledged  in  Canada,  and  is  not  included  in  the 
financial  statements  included  in  this  report.  The  edito- 
rial, educational,  and  publication  departments  of  the  gen- 
eral Movement,  however,  serve  both  the  United  States 
and  Canada.  The  Canadian  members  of  the  Board  of 
Managers  are  in  frequent  attendance  at  the  quarterly 
meetings  of  the  Board,  and  the  secretaries  of  the  Move- 
ment resident  in  New  York  attend  important  meetings 
of  the  Canadian  Council  in  Toronto,  and  some  of  the 
summer  schools  and  institutes  in  Canada.  Thus  the 
unity  of  the  organizations  is  maintained,  while  the  op- 
portunity for  adaptation  of  plans  to  national  require- 
ments is  given. 

Phases  of  Dominion  Development.  All  of  the  general 
Mission  Boards  in  Canada  are  either  represented  in  the 
Council  or  are  in  sympathetic  cooperation  with  it.  The 
six  summer  schools  have  arisen  to  a standard  of  effi- 
ciency not  surpassed  by  similar  schools  elsewhere.  A 
large  number  of  successful  missionary  institutes  were 
held  in  important  cities  of  Ontario,  Quebec,  the  Mari- 
time Provinces,  and  certain  regions  of  the  West.  A sep- 
arate annual  report  of  Canadian  work  is  printed  for  dis- 
tribution in  Canada. 


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EDITORIAL  WORK 


Text-books  Issued.  The  most  important  manuscripts 
prepared  for  press  were  as  follows : 

Livingstone  the  Pathfinder , by  Basil  Mathews,  for 
boys  and  girls  of  the  intermediate  age. 

The  Emergency  in  China , by  F.  L.  Hawks  Pott,  a 
succinct  statement  of  present  conditions,  for  adults. 

Four  Epochs  of  World  Conquest , by  Oliver  Huckel, 
setting  forth  the  missionary  background  in  the  four  epi- 
sodes of  “The  Pageant  of  Darkness  and  Light.” 

Immigrant  Forces , by  William  P.  Shriver,  for  adults. 
This  was  the  chief  adult  publication  issued  for  use  in  the 
educational  campaign  on  “New  Americans  for  a New 
America,”  during  the  months  from  September  to  Decem- 
ber of  1913. 

Mexico  To-Day,  by  George  B.  Winton,  for  adults. 


Four  of  the  New  Books  for  Adults 

This  is  the  only  text-book  dealing  exclusively  with  mis- 
sions in  that  country. 

Ann  of  Ava , by  Ethel  D.  Hubbard,  a biography  of 
Ann  Hasseltine  Judson,  for  girls.  The  Movement  is 
under  deep  obligation  to  Miss  Hubbard  for  the  donation 
of  the  manuscript  and  to  Miss  Jessie  Gillespie  Willing 
for  a like  contribution  of  the  illustrations  appearing  in 
this  valuable  work. 

The  New  Era  in  Asia , by  Sherwood  Eddy,  for  adults, 
contrasting  the  discouraging  past  with  the  hopeful  pres- 
ent situation.  Mr.  Eddy  also  has  put  the  Movement  and 
the  Foreign  Mission  Boards  under  lasting  obligation  by 
the  contribution  of  the  manuscript  for  this  book,  which  is 
a review  of  present  conditions  in  the  fields  recently  vis- 
ited by  him  in  company  with  Dr.  John  R.  Mott,  repre- 
senting the  Continuation  Committee  of  the  World  Mis- 
sionary Conference. 


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Booklets  on  Immigrant  Peoples.  Under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Literature  Committee  of  the  Home  Missions 
Council  pamphlets  were  issued  on 

“The  Germans  in  America,"  by  John  L.  Nuelson 

“The  Bohemians  in  America/'  by  Vaclav  Losa 

“The  Hungarians  in  America/'  by  Ladislaus  Har- 
sanyi 

“The  Oriental  in  America/'  by  George  W.  Hinman 

These  pamphlets,  with  several  on  other  kindred  sub- 
jects published  during  1912,  constitute  an  important  con- 
tribution to  missionary  literature. 

Matter  Helpful  in  the  Campaign.  Seventeen  publica- 
tions were  edited  for  the  campaign  on  “New  Americans 
for  a New  America,"  including  a missionary  cantata. 
Two  dramatic  publications  were  produced,  one  entitled 
“Kanjundu,"  by  Helen  L.  Willcox,  and  the  second,  “The 
Immigrant  Gateway,"  by  Reuben  L.  Breed.  The  latter 
contains  a demonstration  of  the  reception  of  immigrants 
at  Ellis  Island. 

Editorial  Research  Service.  In  the  new  scheme  of 
committee  organization  the  editorial  secretary  will  act 
with  the  educational  committee  and  all  of  its  grade  sub- 
committees, in  order  to  cooperate  with  the  grade  secre- 
taries in  the  production  of  the  comprehensive  missionary 
curriculum  now  only  partly  formed,  but  so  much  needed 
by  the  churches.  The  new  arrangement  will  give  the 
editor  larger  opportunity  for  research  work,  and  secure 
many  other  advantages  to  this  important  part  of  the 
Movement's  work.  In  reality  the  office  of  the  editorial 
secretary  is  becoming  a bureau  for  statistical  and  general 
research  work,  whose  service  is  being  utilized  by 
authors,  investigators,  the  press,  board  secretaries,  and 
other  leaders  in  the  missionary  enterprise. 

PUBLICATION 

Total  Sales.  The  total  sale  of  the  Movement's  thirty- 
two  titles  of  text-books  since  its  organization  on  July 
18,  1902,  is  1,135,853  volumes;  and  of  the  library  vol- 
umes in  twenty-one  sets,  143,284,  or  a total  number  of 
volumes  of  1,279,137. 

During  the  year  1912-13  the  sale  of  educational  litera- 
ture and  material  was  as  follows: 

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Regular  text-books . 130,459 

Others  books  for  study  and  reading  . . . 17,859 

Library  volumes 5,293 

Wall  Maps 1,140 

Outline  Maps 8,007 

Charts  and  Flags 544 

Pamphlets,  programs  and  announcements  . . 1,746,918 

Miscellaneous 31,091 


Total 1,941,311 

Figures  for  Text-books.  The  distribution  of  sales 
among  the  text-books  during  1912-13  was  as  follows: 

Immigrant  Forces 29,316 

The  Emergency  in  China 20,246 

Livingstone  the  Pathfinder 14,766 

Mexico  To-Day  14,122 

The  Call  of  the  World 10,390 

Ann  of  Ava 7,928 

The  New  Era  in  Asia  (two  months)  . . . 7,481 

All  others  (including  libraries)  ....  49,362 


Total i53,di  1 


Selected  Library  for  Boys  and  Girls 

TERRITORIAL  COMMITTEES 
Four  Groups  of  Voluntary  Helpers.  Four  Territorial 
Committees  have  been  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Mana- 
gers to  cooperate  with  it  in  the  development  of  mission- 
ary education.  These  center  in  Chicago,  Nashville,  Den- 
ver, and  San  Francisco,  to  serve  in  the  summer  confer- 
ence areas  surrounding  them.  It  is  the  purpose  of  the 
committees  to  cooperate  in  the  planning  and  conduct  of 
the  summer  schools,  assist  the  Movement  throughout 
the  winter  season  by  fostering  the  different  lines  of  edu- 
cational activity,  organize  institutes  and  exhibits,  assist 
in  the  presentation  of  missions  in  the  conventions  and 

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other  gatherings  of  denominational  and  interdenomina- 
tional agencies,  and  secure  financial  support  for  the 
Movement.  Similar  committees  will  be  appointed  in 
other  summer  conference  areas  as  new  schools  are 
formed.  The  Movement  recognizes  with  gratitude  the 
helpful  voluntary  service  willingly  undertaken  by  the 
members  of  the  four  territorial  committees  whose  names 
are  given  at  the  end  of  this  report. 

CHANGES  IN  ORGANIZATION 

Sunday  School  Department  Changed  to  Work  for 
Grades.  At  the  January,  1913,  meeting  of  the  Board  a 
vote  was  passed  discontinuing  the  Sunday  School  De- 
partment, and  recognizing  as  the  basis  of  future  organi- 
zation in  educational  activities,  not  departments  or  or- 
ganizations of  the  local  church,  but  ages  or  grades.  The 
passing  of  the  name  “Sunday  School  Department” 
marked  a new  and  important  stage  in  the  development 
of  the  Movement.  It  committed  the  Board  to  a policy  of 
choosing  secretaries  specially  for  the  different  grades  or 
ages  of  the  local  church  and  expanding  the  field,  edito- 
rial, and  publication  policies,  through  which  a system  or 
current  curriculum  of  missionary  education  might  be 
more  rapidly  developed  and  more  permanently  main- 
tained. It  involved  a declaration  that  hereafter  all  the 
members  of  a church  parish,  old  and  young,  and  of  both 
sexes,  should  be  included  in  the  field  of  missionary  edu- 
cational endeavor,  in  whatever  organization  or  depart- 
ment of  the  church  they  may  be  engaged  in  service  or 
training.  The  changes  in  organization  required  by  this 
decision  have  largely  been  accomplished  during  the  year. 

Enduring  Results  Achieved  by  Sunday  School  De- 
partment. No  other  distinctive  line  of  work  ever  under- 
taken by  the  Movement  has  brought  results  of  more  en- 
during value  to  the  cause  of  missionary  education  than 
have  followed  the  organization  and  service  of  the  Sun- 
day .School  Department.  Influenced  largely  by  its  ideals 
and  methods  the  leaders  and  many  of  the  rank  and  file 
of  workers  of  the  religious  educational  world  have  come 
to  recognize  and  value  the  place  of  missionary  education 
in  the  Christian  instruction  and  training  of  the  young. 

DECENNIAL  FUND 

Disposition  Made  of  Decennial  Fund.  A special  fund 
celebrating  the  completion  of  the  first  ten  vears  of  the 

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Movement’s  history  was  raised  during  1911-12,  which  in 
cash  payments  and  subscriptions  later  paid  amounted  to 
$57,296.79.  Of  this  amount  $25,000  was  added  to  the 
Publication  Fund.  The  balance  was  appropriated  by  the 
Board  of  Managers  to  cover  the  cost  of  new  lines  of 
work  and  the  completion  of  the  budget  of  the  year  as  an- 
nounced in  the  appeal.  The  statement  of  income  from 
donations  during  the  year  1912-13  includes  payment  of 
several  Decennial  Fund  subscriptions.  The  financial 
aid  thus  given  proved  of  inestimable  value  in  strengthen- 
ing the  administration  of  the  Movement.  Grateful  ac- 
knowledgment is  made  to  all  the  donors  whose  coopera- 
tion was  given. 

PUBLICATION  FUND 

Adequate  Publishing  Capital.  The  sum  of  $53,175  is 
held  in  reserve  as  capital  for  the  publishing  part  of  the 
Movement’s  business.  Unless  extraordinary  demands 
for  new  publications  are  made  on  the  Movement,  such  as 
has  been  proposed  in  the  publication  of  a missionary 
magazine,  the  publication  fund  will  be  sufficient  for  cur- 
rent publishing  work  for  a number  of  years  to  come.  It 
is  the  purpose  of  the  Board  of  Managers  not  only  to 
keep  this  fund  intact  as  capital,  as  in  the  past,  but  if 
possible  to  administer  its  use  in  such  a way  as  to  earn  in 
wholesale  margins  a reasonable  interest,  in  addition  to 
the  total  cost  of  production  of  literature,  depreciation, 
and  the  cost  of  plates  and  cuts. 

ENDOWMENT  AND  CONDITIONAL  GIFTS 

Outlook  for  Future  Support.  While  the  Missionary 
Education  Movement  is  a true  federation  of  Board  Secre- 
taries and  laymen,  engaged  in  cooperative  promotion  of 
missionary  education  in  order  to  increase  the  efficiency 
of  the  fifty  Mission  Boards  now  being  served  by  the 
Movement,  it  cannot  expect  in  the  near  future  to  receive 
its  support  from  the  Boards. 

Cannot  Come  Direct  from  Boards.  The  reasons  for 
this  condition  are  as  follows:  First;  Many  Boards  are 
supporting  denominational  departments  of  missionary 
education  whose  budgets  represent  the  maximum  appro- 
priations now  deemed  practicable  in  relation  to  other  ap- 
propriations for  the  cultivation  of  the  churches.  Second, 
the  demands  for  large  appropriations  for  the  missions,  at 

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home  and  abroad,  are  so  insistent  and  so  far  beyond  the 
present  giving  standards  of  the  supporting  churches  that 
increases  for  the  missions  will  be  granted  before  invest- 
ing larger  sums  in  cultivation  of  the  churches.  Third, 
the  number  of  appeals  to  Boards  for  grants  in  aid  of  co- 
operative activities  and  institutions  in  mission  fields, 
seems  to  call  for  favorable  action  before  the  larger  sup- 
port of  missionary  education  of  the  supporting  churches. 
Fourth,  at  a time  when  devotion  to  denominational  ap- 
peals is  properly  being  preached  throughout  the  churches 
of  North  America,  and  therefore  when  donors  are  limit- 
ing the  number  of  objects  to  which  they  give  in  order  to 
carry  forward  unhampered  the  denominational  activities, 
the  appeals  for  cooperative  activities  are  also  multiply- 
ing in  number.  Unless  there  is  speedy  recognition  of  the 
necessity  of  providing  funds  for  the  cooperative  move- 
ments that  foster  the  life  and  service  of  the  denomina- 
tional agencies,  leading  to  a change  in  the  present  atti- 
tude toward  grants  for  cooperative  work,  the  present 
plan  of  securing  funds  from  individual  donors  must  be 
continued,  or  some  new  method  found  such  as  endow- 
ment and  conditional  gifts. 

Reliance  on  Individual  Donors,  Endowments,  and 
Conditional  Gifts.  It  is  a striking  fact  that  many 
of  those  leaders  who  at  present  are  advocating  most 
forcefully  the  plans  for  multiplying  denominational 
gifts  and  strengthening  denominational  devotion  in  giv- 
ing are  also  the  leaders  of  the  cooperative  movements. 
This  is  notably  true  in  the  case  of  the  Missionary  Educa- 
tion Movement,  which  stands  almost  alone  in  its  inti- 
mate relationship  to  the  denominational  Mission  Boards. 
The  conclusion  that  its  leaders  have  reached  is  that  the 
solicitation  of  gifts  from  individual  donors  for  its  gen- 
eral expenses  should  be  continued,  and  that,  in  addition, 
efforts  should  be  made  to  secure  a modest  endowment 
through  bequest  or  other  gift,  and  that  its  current  in- 
come should  be  further  increased  by  what  is  commonly 
known  as  “Conditional  Gifts,” — that  is,  gifts  of  sums  of 
money  which  bear  interest  during  life,  and  which  are 
credited,  when  they  accrue  to  the  Movement,  to  current 
income  or  any  other  proper  fund. 

Two  Plans  Commended  to  Givers.  The  Missionary 
Education  Movement  is  an  incorporated  body,  duly  au- 
thorized by  law  to  receive  and  administer  funds  for  the 
purposes  indicated  in  its  charter,  and  generally  outlined 

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in  this  report.  The  two  plans  here  outlined  are  com- 
mended to  donors  as  a means  of  aiding  the  work  of  mis- 
sionary education  of  all  denominations  and  Mission 
Boards  throughout  North  America,  while  at  the  same 
time  enabling  those  boards  to  support  in  the  largest  de- 
gree possible  their  missions  in  home  and  foreign  fields 
without  neglecting  the  cultivation  of  the  supporting 
churches  in  matters  of  missionary  knowledge,  prayer, 
giving,  and  service. 


FINANCES 

The  balance  sheet  of  the  Movement  at  the  close  of 
its  last  fiscal  year  and  the  statement  of  income  and  ex- 
penditures appear  at  the  end  of  this  report.  Only  the 
outstanding  facts  therefore  are  mentioned  here. 

Resources.  On  December  i,  1912,  there  was  a sur- 
plus of  S355.66.  The  contributions  for  the  year  amounted 
to  $68,579.38.  The  income  above  manufacturing  cost  on 
the  sale  of  literature  (not  including  editorial  and  other 
overhead  charges)  amounted  to  $21,489.75.  The  total  of 
these  three  items  was  $90,424.79. 

Expenditures.  The  expenses  of  the  year  were 
$68,886.20.  The  amount  of  $25,000  was  transferred  to  the 
publication  fund.  The  sum  of  $1,138.13  was  added  to  the 
reserve  account.  There  was  an  adjustment  of  accounts 
amounting  to  $225.11.  The  total  of  these  four  items  was 
$95,249.44.  The  disbursements  of  the  year  therefore  ex- 
ceeded the  income,  leaving  a deficiency  on  November  30, 
1913,  of  $4,824.65. 

Assets.  In  addition  to  the  publication  fund  of 
$53T75,  there  are  nominal  assets  consisting  of  furniture 
and  fixtures,  book  plates  and  cuts,  picture  negatives  and 
prints,  valued  at  $15,000,  after  writing  off  $4,345.57  de- 
preciation. 

Statement  of  Income  and  Expenses 

December  1,  1912,  to  November  30,  1913. 

INCOME 

Publication  Department  Margins,  income  exclusive  of 


manufacturing  cost  and  overhead  charges $21,489.75 

Contributions  68,579.38 


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$90,069.13 


EXPENSES 


Publication  Department  $15,966.15 

General  Administration  Depart- 
ment   27,093.63 

Editorial  Department  7,604.84 

Sunday  School  Department  5,050-89 

Field  and  Exposition  Department..  2,496.25 

Western  Field  Department  1,233.88 

Every  land  1,649.92 

Children’s  Work  1,185.04 


Less:  $62,280.60 

Freight  and  express  charged...  1,697.84 


Net  Department  expenses  $60,582.76 

Summer  Conferences: 

Expense  $ 6,557.93 

Income  4, 301.35  2,256. 58 


India  Budget  (Expended) 
Depreciation : 

Furniture  and  Fixtures 

Plates  and  Cuts  

Films  and  Pictures  . . . 


1,701.29 

$ 861.93 
2,785.95 

697.69  4,345-57  $68,886.20 


*Net  Profit  for  year  $21,182.93 

Balance  Sheet 

November  30,  1913. 

Current  Assets:  ASSETS 

Cash  in  Bank  $ 3,798.16 

Cash  in  Drawer — Petty  Cash 200.00 

Stamps  94* !5 

Accounts  Receivable  15,763.47 

Notes  Receivable  9,000.00 

Merchandise — Inventory  33,320.89  $62,176.67 

Nominal  Assets: 

Furniture  and  Fixtures  $ 2,000.00 

Plates  and  Cuts  10,000.00 

Films  and  Pictures  3,000.00  15,000.00 


Investments : 

**Simonson  Realty  Company — 5%  Bonds 15,000.00 


Total  Assets  $92,176.67 

Deficit  4,824.65 


$97,001.32 

* The  excess  of  income  over  expenses  was  $21,182.93.  $25,000  of  the 

income  was  added  to  the  Publication  Fund,  and  this,  together  with  cer- 
tain adjustments  made  by  the  Auditor,  due  to  charging  off  a percent- 
age of  the  nominal  assets,  accounts  for  the  apparent  deficit  in  the  balance 
sheet  of  $4,824.65. 

**  Credit  of  Publication  Department. 

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LIABILITIES 


Current  Liabilities : 

Notes  Payable: 

Fifth  National  Bank,  due  Dec.  29,  1913.  . $ 3,000.00 
Fifth  National  Bank,  due  Jan.  19,  1914.  5,000.00 


$8,000.00 

Accounts  Payable  20,8 26.32  $28,826.32 


Reserves : 

Publication  Fund  $53,i75-00 

Against  Nominal  Assets  15,000.00  $68,175.00 


$97,001.32 


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Board  of  Managers 
Missionary  Education  Movement 

Rev.  A.  E.  Armstrong,  Toronto,  Ontario. 


John  I.  Armstrong, 

Assistant  Secretary,  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  Canada. 

Nashville,  Tennessee. 

Educational  Secretary,  Executive 

Committee  of  Foreign  Missions  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States. 

George  T.  Brokaw, 

New  York  City. 

Attorney. 

Frank  L.  Brown, 

New  York  City. 

General  Secretary,  World’s  Sunday 
School  Association. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Brown, 

Toronto,  Ontario. 

Secretary,  The  Canadian  Baptist 
Foreign  Mission  Board. 

Rev.  Hugh  L.  Burleson, 

New  York  City. 

Secretary,  Domestic  and  Foreign 
Missionary  Society  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church. 

W.  W.  Carman, 

New  York  City. 

Director. 

A.  E.  Carr, 

Boston,  Massachusetts. 

Silver,  Burdett  & Company. 

W.  W.  Cleland, 

Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 

Secretary,  Board  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church  of  North  America. 

William  F.  Cochran, 

Woodbrook,  Baltimore,  Maryland. 
Capitalist. 

Rev.  Stephen  J.  Corey, 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Secretary,  Foreign  Christian  Mission- 
ary Society. 

James  S.  Cushman, 

New  York  City. 

Cushman  & Denison  Manufacturing 
Company. 

Rev.  W.  E.  Doughty, 

New  York  City. 

Educational  Secretary,  Laymen’s  Mis- 
sionary Movement. 

Rev.  H.  Paul  Douglass, 

New  York  City. 

Secretary,  American  Missionary  As- 
sociation. 

Rev.  D.  Brewer  Eddy, 

Boston,  Massachusetts. 

Associate  Secretary,  American  Board 
of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Mis- 
sions. 

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Rev.  James  Endicott, 

Toronto,  Ontario. 

General  Secretary  Foreign  Missions, 
The  Missionary  Society  of  the  Meth- 
odist Church,  Canada. 

William  0.  Gantz, 

New  York  City. 

Attorney. 

G.  W.  Gibbard, 

Napanee,  Ontario. 

Manufacturer. 

Rev.  Arthur  R.  Gray, 

New  York  City. 

Rev.  W.  T.  Gunn, 

Educational  Secretary,  Domestic  and 
Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 

Toronto,  Ontario. 

Secretary,  Canadian  Congregational 
Foreign  Missionary  Society. 

Rev.  Fred  P.  Haggard, 

Boston,  Massachusetts. 

Home  Secretary,  American  Baptist 
Foreign  Mission  Society. 

Rev.  S.  S.  Hough, 

Dayton,  Ohio. 

Secretary,  Foreign  Missionary  Society 
of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

C.  B.  Keenleyside, 

Regina,  Saskatchewan. 

Real  Estate. 

H.  A.  Kinports, 

New  York  City. 

Secretary,  Department  of  Young  Peo- 
ple's Work  of  the  Missionary  Boards 
of  the  Reformed  Church  in  America. 

W.  S.  Leslie, 

Montreal,  Quebec. 

A.  C.  Leslie  & Co.,  Limited. 

J.  E.  McAfee, 

New  - York  City. 

Secretary,  Board  of  Home  Missions 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America. 

Rev.  R.  P.  Mackay, 

Toronto,  Ontario. 

Secretary,  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Can- 
ada. 

William  Ayer  McKinney, 

Chicago,  Illinois. 

Business. 

E.  P.  Metcalf, 

C.  C.  Michener, 

Providence,  Rhode  Island. 

Portland,  Oregon. 

Everfresh  Company. 

Rev.  E.  W.  Miller, 

New  York  City. 

Secretary,  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
of  the  Reformed  Church  in  America. 

B.  Carter  Millikin, 

New  York  City. 

Secretary,  Presbyterian  Department 
of  Missionary  Education. 

Rev.  John  M.  Moore, 

New  York  City. 

General  Secretary,  Department  of 
Missionary  Education  of  the  Coop- 
erating Agencies  of  the  Northern 
Baptist  Convention. 

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F.  S.  Osgood, 

Austin,  Illinois. 

Manufacturer. 

Rev.  A.  L.  Phillips, 

Richmond,  Virginia. 

Secretary,  Sabbath  School  and  Young 
People's  Society  Work,  Presbyterian 
Committee  of  Publication. 

Rev.  Ward  Platt, 

Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 

Secretary,  Board  of  Home  Missions 
and  Church  Extension  of  the  Meth- 

John H.  Poorman, 

odist  Episcopal  Church. 

Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 

Secretary,  Mission  Study  Department, 
The  Boards  of  Home  and  Foreign 
Missions  of  the  Reformed  Church  in 
the  United  States. 

James  H.  Post, 

New  York  City. 

B.  H.  Howell,  Son  & Company. 

Rev.  E.  H.  Rawlings, 

Nashville,  Tennessee. 

Secretary,  Educational  Department  of 
the  Board  of  Missions  of  the  Meth- 

Rev. T.  Bronson  Ray, 

odist  Episcopal  Church,  South. 
Richmond,  Virginia. 

Secretary,  Educational  Department  of 
the  Foreign  Mission  Board  of  the 
Southern  Baptist  Convention. 

Dr.  T.  H.  P.  Sailer, 

New  York  City. 

Honorary  Educational  Secretary, 

Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America. 

William  J.  Schieffelin, 

New  York  City. 

Schieffelin  & Company. 

Walter  S.  Schutz, 

Hartford,  Connecticut. 

Rev.  Edward  L.  Smith, 

Attorney. 

New  York  City. 

H.  L.  Stark, 

Secretary,  American  Board  of  Com- 
missioners for  Foreign  Missions. 
Toronto,  Ontario. 

Broker. 

Rev.  F.  W.  Stengel, 

Canal  Dover,  Ohio. 

Secretary,  Department  of  Missionary 
Education,  Moravian  Church  in 
America,  Northern  Province. 

Rev.  F.  C.  Steohenson, 

Toronto,  Ontario. 

Secretary,  Young  People’s  Forward 
Movement  Department  of  the  Mis- 
sionary Society  of  the  Methodist 
Church,  Canada. 

Rev.  Jay  S.  Stowell, 

New  York  City. 

Secretary,  Presbyterian  Department 

of  Missionary  Education. 

Rev.  George  F.  Sutherland,  New  York  City. 

Secretary,  Department  of  Missionary 
Education,  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church. 

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Rev.  H.  F.  Swartz, 

Samuel  Thorne,  Jr., 
Rev.  George  H.  Trull, 

Rev.  C.  R.  Watson, 

Edgar  T.  Welch, 

Rev.  C.  L.  White, 

Rev.  H.  F.  Williams, 

Rev.  L.  B.  Wolf, 

George  H.  Wood, 


New  York  City. 

Associate  Secretary,  Congregational 
Home  Missionary  Society. 

New  York  City. 

Attorney. 

New  York  City. 

Secretary,  Presbyterian  Department 
of  Missionary  Education. 

Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 

Secretary,  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church 
in  North  America. 

Westfield,  'New  York. 

Welch  Grape  Juice  Company. 

New  York  City. 

Secretary,  American  Baptist  Home 
Mission  Society. 

Nashville,  Tennessee. 

Secretary,  Executive  Committee  of 
Foreign  Missions  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  United  States. 

Baltimore,  Maryland. 

General  Secretary,  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions  of  the  General  Synod  of  the 
Evangelical  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America. 

Toronto,  Ontario. 

Wood,  Gundy  & Company. 


A.  E.  Armstrong 
J.  H.  Arnup 
A.  R.  Alguire 
S.  T.  Bartlett 
J.  G.  Brown 
P.  K.  Dayfoot 
J.  H.  Edmison 
M.  E.  Fletcher 
G.  W.  Gibbard 


Harry 

Harry  S.  Myers 
Charles  V.  Vickrey 
Morris  W.  Ehnes 
R.  E.  Diffendorfer 


Canadian  Council 

A.  S.  Grant 
W.  T.  Gunn 
E.  J.  Joselin 
C.  B.  Keenleyside 
W.  S.  Leslie 
John  Lowden 
R.  P.  Mackay 
R.  R.  McKay 


Secretaries 

Wade  Hicks,  General 

H.  C.  Priest 
K.  J.  Beaton 
Susan  Mendenhall 
Irene  Mason 


C.  E.  Manning 
W.  E.  Norton 
J.  C.  Robertson 
W.  C.  Senior 
N.  R.  Sinclair 
H.  L.  Stark 

F.  C.  Stephenson 

G.  H.  Wood 


Secretary 

F.  W.  Harold 
John  J.  DeMott 
James  B.  Mershon 


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Territorial  Committees 

Pacific  Coast  Committee 


Pres.  John  W.  Baer 
Bishop  W.  M.  Bell 
Rev.  W.  P.  Bentley 
Rev.  Thos.  A.  Boyer 
Capt.  Robert  Dollar 
Dean  J.  W.  Gresham 
Rev.  Ernest  F.  Hall 
Rev.  G.  W.  Hinman 
Rev.  G.  C.  Hunting 


j.  I.  Armstrong 
J.  D.  Blanton 
Rev.  Chas.  D.  Bulla 
Rev.  S.  H.  Chester 
Rev.  Ed.  F.  Cook 
Rev.  E.  C.  Cronk 
John  H.  DeWitt 

E.  E.  French 
Rev.  R.  C.  Holland 
Hon.  B.  W.  Hooper 


Rev.  John  C.  Carman 
Clarence  Dodge 
Rev.  D.  D.  Forsythe 
A.  A.  Hyde 


Rev.  J.  Y.  Aitchison 
Rev.  L.  O.  Baird 
Miss  E.  Jean  Batty 
Rev.  E.  M.  Bowman 
Rev.  Chas.  E.  Bradt 
Rev.  Wm.  A.  Brown 
Rev.  S.  J.  Corey 
George  Dixon 


Rev.  S.  D.  Hutsin- 
pillar 

W.  H.  Lewis 
Prof.  E.  G.  Linsley 
Thomas  S.  Lippy 
C.  C.  Michener 
Rev.  Geo.  A.  Miller 
Rev.  C.  S.  Mbok 
Prof.  C.  G.  Paterson 


Southern  Committee 

Bishop  W.  R.  Lam- 
buth 

L.  P.  Leavell 
Rev.  M.  P.  Logan 
Rev.  H.  Macmillan 
Rev.  J.  M.  Moore 
Rev.  S.  L.  Morris 
W.  E.  Norvell 
John  A.  Patten 
Rev.  R.  W.  Patton 


Denver  Committee 

Rev.  Bruce  Kinney 
Miss  Maude  A.  Price 
Mrs.  E.  H.  Silver- 
thorne 

Chicago  Committee 

Rev.  Chas.  W.  Gilkey 
Fred  A.  Grow 
Rev.  Edgar  P.  Hill 
Rev.  A.  'N.  Hitchcock 
Rev.  S.  S.  Hough 
Miss  Harriet  D. 

Houghteling 

F.  R.  Leach 


Rev.  J.  C.  Pinkerton 
Rev.  D.  A.  Pitt 
Rev.  L.  D.  Rathbone 
Rev.  A.  W.  Rider 
Prof.  C.  E.  Rugh 
Rev.  H.  M,.  Tenney 
Hon.  A.  J.  Wallace 
Rev.  C.  A.  Woody 


I.  L.  Pendleton 
Rev.  P.  Y.  Pendleton 
Rev.  A.  L.  Phillips 
Rev.  E.  H.  Rawlings 
Rev.  T.  B.  Ray 
Charles  A.  Rowland 

G.  S.  Savage 
Rev.  J.  I.  Vance 
Rev.  R.  W.  Weaver 
Rev.  H.  F.  Williams 


H.  O.  Smith 
Rev.  W.  M.  Smith 
W.  E.  Sweet 
Rev.  J.  B.  Trimble 


Wm.  Ayer  McKinney 
Rev.  Herman  Page 
Rev.  H.  W.  Prince 
Prof.  G.  L.  Robinson 
Miss  Flora  Starr 
Rev.  Jas.  M.  Stifler 
Rev.  John  T.  Stone 


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